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Mary Ware Dennett, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and Kamala Harris
Welcome to the first issue of Women Make History, a monthly newsletter spotlighting stories of women who opened doors – sometimes just a crack....
Born in Los Angeles in 1881, Maria Guadalupe Evangelina de Lopez was a pioneering Latinx suffragist, educator, and activist for the preservation of Mexican-American heritage....
Minerva Hamilton Hoyt (1866–1945) became the champion of desert ecosystems when she moved to Pasadena from New York in the late 1890s. hen her husband and son died in close succession, she found....
Although she was eventually known as the First Lady of Physics, Chien-Shiung Wu fought to overcome gender and racial prejudice her entire life. She was born in China in 1912, in an era when it was unusual for girls to attend...
Zitkála-Šá, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
In the late 19th century, when the U.S. government was attempting to erase Native Americans and their cultures, Zitkála-Šá rose up to become the voice and energy of the....
Seraph Young, Dr. Joycelyn Elders
On Valentine’s Day in 1870, Seraph Young became the first woman in the U.S. to cast a ballot. The 23-year-old voted in a Salt Lake City municipal...
Lucia True Ames Mead, Mary Ware Dennett
At an early age, Lucia True Ames Mead, 1856 – 1936, adopted a global perspective of allegiance to humanity, rather than to political....
Naomi Long Madgett, Jarena Lee, and Angelina Grimke Weld
Angelina Grimke Weld was a White abolitionist and supporter of women’s suffrage. Her niece, also named...
Katalin Karikó, Amanda Gorman, and Edith Wilson
Many of us cheered and even cried as Senator Kamala Harris became the first woman – and first person of color – sworn....
Rosalind Franklin, Phillis Wheatley, and Beryl Markham
In 1936 Beryl Markham (1902-1987) became the first person to make a solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic ....
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